Table createCaption() Method - Javascript DOM HTML Element

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Description

The createCaption() method creates an empty <caption> element and adds it to the table.

If a <caption> element already exists on the table, the createCaption() method returns the existing one.

Parameters

None

Return Value:

The newly created or an existing) <caption> element

The following code shows how to Create a <caption> element with some text for a table:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>/*  w  ww .j ava2 s .  co  m*/
</head>
<body>

<table id="myTable">
  <tr>
    <td>cell 1</td>
    <td>cell 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>cell 3</td>
    <td>cell 4</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var table = document.getElementById("myTable").createCaption();
    table.innerHTML = "<b>My table caption</b>";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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